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Disinformation and Digital Media as a Challenge for Democracy
Publication date: June 18, 2020
Through a collection of expert analyses, this book aims to deepen our understanding of the dangers of fake news and disinformation, while also charting well-informed and realistic ways ahead.Paperback -
Security and Law
Publication date: October 1, 2019
This book combines theoretical discussions of the concepts at stake and case studies following the relevant developments of ICT and data-driven technologies. Part I sets the scene by considering definitions of security. Part II questions whether and, if so, to what extent the law has been able to regulate the use of ICT and datadriven technologies as a means to maintain, protect or raise security, in search of a balance between security ...Hardback€95.- -
Justinian’s Digest 9.2.51 in the Western Legal Canon
Publication date: July 5, 2019
For a millennium, Roman Law has been part and parcel of the Western legal canon. This book follows the interpretation efforts triggered by a specific problem concerning multiple tortfeasors' liabilities for homicide. The complete evolution of Roman law scholarship is reflected in the discussions of one single problem.Paperback€49.- -
Privacy as Virtue
Publication date: June 30, 2017
Privacy as Virtue discusses whether a rights-based approach to privacy regulation still suffices to address the challenges triggered by new data processing techniques such as Big Data and mass surveillance.Paperback€65.- -
Sperm Donation, Single Women and Filiation
Publication date: October 28, 2015
Although recent family law debates have been predominantly paedo-centric, the founding of “bio-medically assisted families” still focuses on the individual parents’ rights to reproduce. By introducing donations, the donor’s genetic contribution becomes instrumental and the legal attribution of parenthood negotiated through expressed intentions. This book provokes the curious mind and clarifies concepts, studies the rationale behind the legal c...Paperback€90.- -
Moral Foundations of American Law
Publication date: March 20, 2013
This excellent book is about Western morality as it interacts with law. The authors examine the history and great diversity of Western thought, the substance of moral ideas, ranging from the ancients to the new old order of the New World. Hazard and Pinto see the various voices articulating moral, political and legal thought as “pregnant with future relevance” for practical decision-making.Hardback€35.- -
The Law and Economics of Organ Procurement
Publication date: August 24, 2011
The Law and Economics of Organ Procurement explores the legal and economic dimensions of various deceased and living organ procurement policies and investigates the effectiveness of current legislations related to deceased and living organ donations in the United States, Europe and other developed countries.Paperback€65.- -
New Challenges for Biobanks: Ethics, Law and Governance
Publication date: October 27, 2009
This book offers a rich source of material on the ethical, legal and governance aspects of clinical biobanks, population biobanks and forensic biobanks. Policy makers, academics and legislators will find this book to be current and instructive.Paperback€62.- -
New Pathways for European Bioethics
Publication date: May 10, 2007
This book aims to stimulate reflection on current developments in European bioethics, such as the connection between social science and bioethics, care ethics, bioethics and law, and ethics and technology. A common theme in these four topics is the growing interrelationship between disciplines or approaches in bioethics and law.Paperback€47.50 -
Privacy and the Criminal Law
Publication date: March 20, 2006
Privacy is a central value in liberal political theory – a value that is now enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights: but what does privacy involve, and why should it be so important?Paperback€46.50